cryptogrammic

noun

a message or writing in code or cipher; cryptograph.

an occult symbol or representation.

Origin:
1875–80; crypto- + -gram¹

Related forms

cryp·to·gram·mic, cryp·to·gram·mat·ic

[krip-tuh-gruh-mat-ik] , cryp·to·gram·mat·i·cal, adjective

cryp·to·gram·ma·tist, noun

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Word Origin & History

cryptogram

1880, from crypto- + gram "word, letter." A modern word coined in English; though the elements are Gk., the ancient Greeks would find it barbarous.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Cryptogrammic is always a great word to know.

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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

a fool or simpleton; ninny.

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